Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-25
RAPID STRIDES.
The Manitoba Road to be Com.
pleted to Fort Benton Be-
fore Snow Flies.
Permission Granted the Crows
to Lease their Grazing Lands
to Montana Stock Growers.
WONDERFUL WORK.

WONDERFUL WORK
How, Undera Master Mind. A Great Trans
continental Railroad 10 Being Pushed to
Completion.
The question as to whether the
Manitoba can succeed 10 completing
its line through to Helena this fall,
before freezing weather interferes to
stop proceedings, Is much discussed
throughout the entire country. and
more especially at points along the
line through which 1t will pass. Look.
ing the route over, and taking in con.
sideration the ample provision that
this comany has made to accomplish
the grandest piece Of railroad work
ever attempted in one season, the
River Press believes that IL will be
done-not easily, but by the hardest
kind of thoroughly, systematized
work, with q master hand at the head,
who has apparently anticipated every
want and provided literally for every
unforeseen emergency. Last winter
the entire rolling stock Of this we'll
equipped road hauled TO Its extreme
western end, rails, bridge timbers and
ties, In quantities never before seen
concentrated at one place, and suppos-
ed TO be almost sufficient to complete
the work through to its destination.
10 addition to this contracts were lei
and forces OF men to cut timbers and
ties were sent into the mountains al
the heads of the Dearborn, Sun and
Teton rivers, whose waters will float
them to the very line Of the road ss !,
approaches the mountain division
The contracts for grading and and
ironing the road were let to men o.
ample means, thoroughly experienced
In the business, and WHO have hereto
fore successfully handled some Of the
heaviest contracts ever let on the con.
tinent, which they completed in the
quickest time ever before made.
Railroads heretofore built across the
continent have had to haul not only
material as needed, but also supple,
for the graders. Work could be sue.
cessfully prosecuted only 4 limited
number Of miles In advance Of thu
track. for the transportation of forag'
for beasts and food for the men was q,
small item, and the greater the mum
Der of miles forward the greater tn
expense, until finally there was linn
1t reached beyond which gradinI
could not be do ne, for the expens'
was too great. Besides this the haul
ing Of both supplies and material OF
single line necessarily delayed work
But with the Manitoba the situation
is entirely changed. Once on the Mis-
souri, river at the Little Muddy ant
Fort Buford, from there, for four hun
dred miles, TO Fort Benton 1t calls L
Its aid u fleet Of steamers. At no poin
Is the line 90 far removed from tn
river but that grading camps can b
supplied by steamers. For more thai
one-third of the distance the line D
practically on the river, or in sight o
it. Already the road is completed be
yond Buford, and the graders are owe
$50 miles ahead of the end of the tract
away up on Milk river, and the steam
boats are furnishing the advanc
camps with supplies. The contractor
are pushing more men and teams 4
the front as fast rs they can go by raj
or river or overland. Graders will o.
put along the entire line from For
Buford to fifty miles beyond For
Benton, where the Manitoba connect
with the already completed grade @
the Montana Central, and the rive
eau supply them all at such rates q
the contractors can readily pay, an
make money out Of their contracts.
No transcontinentsl road ever ha
such an ally as a navigable river fc
hundreds Of miles along the route
assist In speeding its construction
As the plans Of the great head Of tn
grand enterprise begin, by the pract
cal working out ofthem, TO be unfol'
ed TO the astonished gaze Of the coul
try, It is filled with the highest respe,
and deepest admiration for the mAst'
mind that conceived and the indom
liable will that would attempt TO carr
% successful issue such q gigantic eI
terprise. While other lines have bui
across trackless plains and mountsi
ranges, or through the arid and shif
/ ing sands Of southern deserts, or ami
pines and SHOWS and bleak mountain
Of Canada, II has been reserved TO
]. Hill to seize the golden opportunit
and build through the great grsnar
of the northwest, along the plessau
valleys Of the chief waterways Of II
continent. through the heart Of the II